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Graeme McDowell posted a second straight 66 to continue boosting hopes of capturing a second Italian Open crown and 14-years after a first Italia prima vittoria. McDowell grabbed five birdies in a brilliant bogey-free display to move to 10-under par and just a stroke behind Germany’s Martin Kaymer. The double Major winning Kaymer tore-up the rain-softened Gardagolf course with a blistering eight-under par 63 and move a shot clear of the field on 11-under par. McDowell had been out in the morning ...

Dublin, Ohio … It has taken Australian-born and Cleveland-based Jason Day now nine appearances in the Memorial to finally put himself into contention for victory on his ‘local’ course at Muirfield Village. Day, 30 birdied four of his closing eight holes in a second straight score of 68 to move to eight-under par and a clubhouse share of the lead on day two of the $US 7.1m event. Joining Day early atop of the board is 2014 Memorial winner, Hideki Matsuyama of Japan (71) and the American ...

Red-Hot rRookie Chilean-born professional Joaquin Niemann brilliantly upstaged the world’s best golfers to share the lead on the day one of the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. Niemann, 19 signed for a sizzling six-under par 65 to be tied atop of the board with Texas-based Mexican-born Abraham Archer and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama in the Jack Nicklaus hosted event. The Santiago-born Niemann turned professional straight after April’s Masters and having qualified for the year’s first Major in capturing ...

Dublin, Ohio …. Tiger Woods roared back from a poor start to birdie three of his closing five holes in a level par effort on day one of the Memorial tournament in Dublin, Ohio. Woods had struggled to be four-over par through just seven holes ahead of recording a level par 72 in the ideal conditions in the Jack Nicklaus hosted event. It left the current World No. 83 ranked Woods trailing seven strokes behind the leading clubhouse duo of Chile’s Joaquin Niemann and Mexican Abraham Ancer who ...

It is 15-years ago Garda Golf in the north of the country last hosted an Italian Open. Having first reported on the Italian Open in 1990 at Monza I recall my delight in being at Garda Golf for a second occasion and again admiring the beauty of the region and with the golf couse commanding glorious views of the Lake Garda. And what I vividly remember is the events of Saturday May 3rd and the third day of the then 60th Italian Open. A few of us decided to venture into nearby Brescia for some ...

Muirfield Village, Columbus, Ohio .. Rory McIlroy’s revealed he will work ahead of next fortnight’s U.S. Open again with Brad Faxon, the former Tour player and ‘putting guru’ who helped steer McIlroy to Arnold Palmer Invitational victory. McIlroy confirmed at last week’s BMW PGA Championship he’s now split with England-based Phil Kenyon and it would seem the 56-year Faxon, and a winner of 21 events around the globe, is now his new putting coach. If so, it continues a trend of McIlroy ...

Muirfield Village, Columbus, Ohio … Tiger Woods heads into the week’s Jack Nicklaus-hosted Memorial, and an event he’s won five times, confident he still remembers how to clinch a ‘W’. Nicklaus had remarked on Tuesday that before Woods does win again, and it is close to five years since Woods last tasted success, the now 42-year does need to learn how to win again. And Woods, who last competed in the Memorial in 2015 and shooting his worst Tour score of an 85, fully agrees with the ...